In Brief
A private medical college (Karpagam) sought to admit students in its MBBS course for 2017-18, but the Central Government debarred it based on the Medical Council of India's assessment reports citing infrastructure deficiencies. The college challenged this order. The Supreme Court upheld the debarment, holding that the college had undertaken to rectify deficiencies for conditional permission, but compliance assessments showed persistent gaps—particularly in bed occupancy. The Court would not review expert bodies' technical findings. However, the Court permitted the college's 2017-18 proposal to be reprocessed as a 2018-19 application with proper notice and opportunity to cure deficiencies.",
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